Eisenhower Korea Trip Sparks Mixed Reactions In Wake Island
President elect Eisenhower’s return from Korea drew mixed public reaction. Reporters pressed him on strategy with Red China as aides boarded for Hawaii aboard the Helena. Journalists criticized his Seoul visit timing while frostbitten troops waited for inspection, and Eisenhower promised no panaceas yet hope for progress.
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Eiisenhower
Korea
Red
China
Constellation
Guam
Hawaii
Wake’ Island
John’ Foster Dulles
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Douglas McKay
Interior
Lucius Clay
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Dodge
D. Jackson
Emmett Hughes
White House
Seoul
United Nations
Czech leaders hanged as long trial ends
A Prague radio announcement reports the execution of 11 former Czech leaders for charges including espionage and Zionism. Three others receive life imprisonment as the lengthy show trial concludes amid anti Semitic accusations. Slansky and Clementis are named among the executed. All waived appeal rights.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Vladimir Clementis
Central Committee
Slansky
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Salzmann
Moscow
Clement Gottwald
Clementis
Izvi Masaryk
United Nations Assembly
Paris
Assembly
Russia Demonstrates Carrier Plane With Dual Jet Launch
The article reports Russia developing a carrier aircraft capable of launching two jets at high altitude. It references Soviet TU-4 variants with wing mountings for MiG-15 fighters and notes a possible faster new jet resembling the Focke-Wulf TA-183. It mentions the 31 bomber and confirms government sources.
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Russia
Jones
Janes
Kurt Tank
Germany
Rusia
Finletter
Vandenberg
Italians Fight in Parliament Over Election Law
An hour long brawl in the Italian parliament left an usher with a fractured skull and a Communist deputy knocked out. Government and leftist members hurled punches tables and chairs while about 570 deputies joined the uproar sparked by a dispute over extra sessions to debate changing the election law.
Korean Officers Use Army Rivalries to Support Families
American military leaders in Korea face welfare funded by unit profits as generals run bus lines, fishing rights, imports, mining and forest monopolies to support soldiers. Lt Gen Paik Sun Yup orders crackdown on abuses while defending welfare funds as legitimate. In a separate issue, Truman invokes Taft-Hartley to end a CIO steel strike essential to atomic projects, with a court injunction possible in 80 days. A Baytown doctor team removes a nine inch appendix from Nat Ovilla, a record belly ache case.
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Korea
Army
Paik Sun Yup
Park
Truman
American Locomotive Company
Dunkirk
N. Y
Board of
Federal District ‘Court
Jaust
Siowm Isere Aircraft Story From Janes World
A fragment notes Siowm Isere as a Russian carrier plane used to transport MiG-15 jets and cites Janes World Aircraft claiming it is a modified TU-4 Russian copy of a U S Air Force B-29.
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Janes
United States Air Force
Sunday Dinner Guests and Coffee Socials Held Nearby
Households in Hutchinson hosted multiple social gatherings with numerous relatives and friends. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Nylund and family, Mr and Mrs Ben Marshall, Mr and Mrs Leonard Dirks, and extended circles at events with Mrs Walter Boyles, Mr and Mrs George Simmons, and Mr and Mrs Elmer Thomas among others.
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John ‘Nylund
Johnny
Jimmy
Ben Marshall
Leonard Dirks
Baby
Hutchinson
George Simmons
Elmer Thomas
Lester Gustin
Lester Rae
Alva Thompson
Tulip Time in Normal Brightens City with 9000 Bulbs
A large number of women prepared more than 9,000 tulip bulbs for pupils and townspeople who ordered them as part of Normal Illinois efforts to beautify the town. The bulbs from Holland, Darwins in red yellow and white, cost eight cents each. Orders ranged from one bulb per color to 100 bulbs for adults. Many homes and vacant lots will become beauty spots next spring.
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Normal
Illinois
Holland
Smart Prairie Dogs Build Huge Towns
In Bar Harbor Maine scientists describe large prairie dog towns with tens to hundreds of square miles and thousands of animals. Clans form exclusive groups of up to 40, grooming and defending turf, while groups cooperate to build burrows and manage food, density, and disease risks.
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Bar Harbor
Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Herd Management Pays Off for Farmers
Dairymen in Brookville Indiana report higher production and profits from a Purdue outlined herd management plan. Grow more grass per acre and feed alfalfa silage. lower concentrate costs. pasture labor is low. avoid heavy grain to prevent mastitis and disease.
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Brookville
Ind
G. A. Williams
Purdue University
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Debated Korea War Expansion Stir in Washington and London
A mid Pacific briefing to General Eisenhower reveals British opposition to broadening the Korean War. Churchill rejects a Chinese port blockade and Chinese mainland bombing plans, fearing Hong Kong lease impact and Hong Kong trade damage. The article recounts internal U.S. plans and countermoves, including MacArthur’s secret aims and varied military adviser opinions on spring offensives and troop levels.
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Eisenhower
mid-Pacific
U. S
U. K
Ike
Korea
Yalu River
Churchill
Pentagon
U. S. S. Helena
China
Hong Kong
Pacific
MacArthur
General MacArthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Family Hosts Birthday Supper Honor Mrs Carl Reece
Mr and Mrs Jack Reece and family hosted a Friday supper for Mrs Carl Reece's birthday anniversary. Guests included H W Reece and family J W Stone and children Carl Reece LaVerne Lervold and family. Fort Smith Ark visitors came to spend Christmas with relatives. Steven Caldwell from Fort Sill OK visits Carl Peterson home. Elmer Melby and family traveled to Hays and returned with Earl Melby and baby for Christmas vacation.
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Jack Reece
Carl Reece
H.W. Reece
J. W. Stone
LaVerne Lervold
Fort Smith, Ark
Ben ‘Lervold
Steven Caldwell
Fort Sill, Okla
Carl Peterson
Mrs
Elmer Melby
Hays
Earl Melby
Baby
Christmas Guests Gather Across Families in Kansas Town
Myrna Ruth Van Vieet of Larned and Sgt Benny Brown of Amarillo Texas arrived Saturday to spend Christmas with grandparents Lloyd and Mary Davis and other relatives. Sunday dinner guests included Amos Blecha and Virlee Rasmussen and families. Visitors also included Joe Cline and Jolene. Suffolk Sayizs and Melvin Huffman families joined Floyd Johnson’s group for meals. Bob Robison returned home from Troy on Saturday afternoon.
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Myrna Ruth van’ Vieet
Larned
Sgt
Benny ‘Brown
Amerilla
Texas
Lloyd Davis
Amos Blecha
Virlee
Leslie Rasmussen
Carol
Christine Rasmussen
Joe Cline
Jolene
Cl Cles
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John Eisenhower
Baytown
Tex
Natividad Olgcia
Max Muth
George Cardwell
John, Dart
H. Www. Reece
Lee Loring
Carol Anderson
Walter Boyles
George Larson
Richard
Larry
Lorraine
Harvey
Merle
Don Larson
Sonia
Harry
Adlai Stevenson
Henry Wallace
Henry Morgenthau
Fanny Perkins
Frank Walker
Defense
Bob Lovett
Louey Johnson
Howard McGrath
Jimmie Byrnes
Krug
Julius Krug
Bernie Baruch
Byrnes
Baruch
Omar Bradley
Nore VU
van Fleet
Mark Clark
Backe Hime
U.S
William Chase
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Elden Sayizs
Belleville
Melvin Huffman
Plainville
Floyd Johnson
Bob Robison
Troy
Nelson’s Iga Grocery
Princess
Scandia
Kansas
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